SA Food Review

Digitalisation

07 Feb 2024

Anuga FoodTec 2024 revolutionises food production

In advance of Anuga FoodTec, which is taking place from 19 to 22 March 2024 in Cologne, it is becoming clear that the latest generation of process technology systems distinguishes itself through three important trends – digitalisation, sustainability and individualisation. Whether it is about complete production lines or individual process systems for milk products, cheese,...
12 Oct 2022

Meet the new Branch Manager at tna Solutions South Africa

Devon Coulter was recently afforded the position of branch manager at tna Solutions South Africa. Tennille Aron at Food Review recently spoke to Devon Coulter about his new role at the company. Q. Please tell us a little bit more about yourself My experience spans packaging, industrial equipment, food and beverage, and FMCG, among others....
23 Nov 2021

Tiger Brands implements a manufacturing control system to enable their digitalisation journey with Siemens.

Touching the lives of millions of South Africans over the last century, Tiger Brands produces many of the country’s most-loved consumer brands including Oros, Energade, Hall’s, Fatti’s and Moni’s, Jungle Oats, All Gold and Tastic Rice. As the organisation embarks on a digitalisation drive, its manufacturing plants require a technology management solution overhaul. Taking a...
25 Nov 2020

How to use variable speed drives as a smart sensor in condition monitoring

BY: Norbert Hanigovszki, Jörg Dannehl, Sanjeet Kumar Dwivedi – Danfoss Engineering Variable speed drives have been used for over half a century, with the main advantage being the reduction of electrical energy use. With the advance of Industry 4.0 the role of the drive moves from that of a pure power processor to that of...
14 Aug 2020

How COVID-19 is impacting frontline workers who can’t work remotely

The COVID-19 pandemic and nation-wide lockdown has impacted all South African sectors of business, but none more so than those that rely on frontline workers, such as retail floor employees; mine workers; security staff; medical personnel; and a host of other professions that cannot work remotely. In adapting to survive, however, the innovative solutions emerging...
12 Aug 2020

Future automation and digitalisation solutions showcased at virtual summit

Successful solutions were presented at the Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit by Siemens on 16 July. The current situation creates major challenges for industrial companies worldwide – and shows that digitalised and highly automated production is more important when it comes to gaining a competitive edge. This is the only way companies can react to current...
21 Jul 2020

More than half of SA organisations fall victim to cyber attacks

According to The State of Cloud Security 2020, a global survey from next-generation cybersecurity leader Sophos, six in 10 (60%) organisations from South Africa experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year – including ransomware (25%), other malware (28%), exposed data (28%), compromised accounts (27%), and cryptojacking (26%). Globally, organisations running multi-cloud environments...
20 May 2020

Anuga to present industry’s top themes in 2021

Anuga FoodTec 2021 has added two new segments to its line-up – Automation and Digitalisation. The complexity is increasing within the food and beverage industry. The demands placed on companies are correspondingly high. So, it is more important than ever to find innovative packing and sustainability solutions for a cost-saving, highly-frequented production while at the...
17 Sep 2019

Explore new concepts for food at iFood Conference 2019

The aim of iFood Conference 2019 is to jointly work out approaches for the development of efficient value chains in the food production industry, which provide sustainable and attractive products.
02 Sep 2019

Africa needs a digitalisation strategy to compete in the global economy

African countries must act quickly and decisively to become leaders on the global economic stage. Digitalisation is providing the continent with the opportunity to accelerate growth and rapidly expand struggling economies – but it’s a small window and decision-makers must get a strategy in place now in order to succeed.